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EW  YORK — the  Wonder  City  of  the  most  wonderful  century  recorded  in  the  history  of  human 
achievement !  Supreme  from  every  point  of  view — save  perhaps  the  matter  of  a  few  thousand  in 
population — this  gigantic  and  powerful  aggregation  of  nearly  five  millions  of  human  units  domi- 
nates the  civilized  world  of  today  without  a  rival. 

Here  brain  and  brawn  have  gained  the  victory  over  every  natural  and  artificial  hindrance  to 
the  progress  and  development  of  a  mighty  community — one  after  another  of  seemingly  unsolvable 
enigmas  having  been  attacked  confidently  and  solved  triumphantly.  The  great  bridges,  skyscrapers,  high-speed 
elevators,  subways,  river  tunnels  and  elevated  roads  are  the  decisive  answer  of  masterful  American  ingenuity  to 
the  multitudinous  and  vexatious  problems  brought  into  being  by  the  presence  of  an  enormous  and  ever-growing 
population  congested  upon  and  adjacent  to  the  long  and  narrow  island  of  Manhattan. 

The  wealth  accumulated  in  this  great  city  exhibits  striking  totals  almost  beyond  the  capacity  of  the  intellect  to 
apprehend,  even  in  these  days  of  big  events  and  big  figures.  The  taxable  real  estate  aggregates  over  $6,000,000,000, 
and  the  combined  resources  of  the  banks  doing  business  daily  is  fully  equal  to  this  amount,  with  not  less  than 
$3,000,000,000  held  on  deposit.  The  actual  total  of  currency  in  circulation  in  the  NEW  YORK  of  today  is  estimat- 
ed conservatively  at  $800,000,000 — an  amount  which,  if  piled  in  silver  dollars,  would  makeover  12,000 stacks,  each 
rising  to  the  height  of  the  beautiful  Metropolitan  tower. 

NEW  YORK  has  been  described  aptly  as  a  "City  of  Magnificent  Dreamers" — men  who  dream  with  an  absolute 
faith  in  no  possible  horizon  to  the  glorious  future  of  the  mighty  city  in  which  they  live,  and  justify  this  unshaken 
confidence  with  an  unstinted  outlay  of  vast  sums  on  titanic  public  works  and  extraordinary  private  enterprises, 
serenely  looking  forward  to  the  boundless  development  of  their  city  toward  a  yet  superior  and  yet  more  wonderful 
and  progressive  "LITTLE  OLD  NEW  YORK." 

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published  by  L.  H.  NELSON  COMPANY,  Portland,  Maine. 

PROPRIETORS  OF  NELSON  S  INTERNATIONAL  SERIES  OF  SOUVENIR  BOOKS. 
COPR..  1905.  1906,  1907,  1908.  1909.  BY  L.  H.  NELSON  CO..  PORTLAND,  ME.     300TH  THOUSAND. 


MULBERRY  BEND  PARK,  running  from  Bayard  to  Park  Street,  and  from  Mulberry  to  Baxter  Street,  contains  two  and  three-quarters  acres  of  well-kept 
lawn.     Innumerable  seats,  a  rest  house  and  fountain  are  provided  for  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  the  people. 

BATTERY  PARK  is  the  name  applied  to  the  triangular  green  at  the  southern  extremity  of  the  city.  From  here  a  fine  view  of  the  bay  may  be  obtained.  The 
Battery  Park  contains  twenty-one  acres,  is  shaded  by  many  trees,  and  has  a  broad  walk  along  the  sea  wall.     It  is  always  thronged  with  immigrants  and  loungers. 


WASHINGTON  SQUARE,  at  the  beginning  of  5th  Avenue,  is  nine  acres  in  extent.  It  was  originally  a  Potter's  Field,  and  later  a  camp  ground  during  the 
Civil  War.  For  over  half  a  century  it  has  been  the  chosen  residential  section  of  many  old  New  York  families,  including  the  Stuyvesants,  Rhinelanders,  Potters, 
De  Peysters,  Coopers,  and  others.  Their  impressive  old-fashioned  brick  mansions  line  the  northern  side  of  the  Square.  The  stately  Washington  Arch,  exquisitely 
modeled  in  marble  from  the  design  of  the  late  Stanford  White,  was  erected  in  1889-92  to  commemorate  the  inauguration  of  General  George  Washington  as  the  first 
President.    It  cost  $250,000. 


CITY  HALL  PARK  is  the  center  of  political  life  in  the  great  metropolis.  Standing  on  the  steps  of  the  famous  New  York  City  Hall  one  gets  a  remarkable 
impression  of  the  ceaseless  energy  of  the  city.  Located  near  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge,  in  close  contact  with  Newspaper  Row  and  the  Post  Office,  and  sur- 
rounded by  many  characteristic  skyscrapers,  this  park  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York.  Probably  at  no  other  point  are  so  many  thousands  of 
people  in  sight.  Here  is  one  of  the  more  important  stations  of  the  Subway,  and  it  was  directly  in  front  of  the  City  Hall  that  the  ground  was  first  broken  for  the 
great  undertaking. 


SUBWAY  ENTRANCE,  CITY  HALL.  The  entrances  and  exits  to  the  city's  underground  rapid  transit  system  are  a  new  feature  of  the  streets  of  the  metropolis. 
They  are  substantially  built  and  of  pleasing  design.  The  herculean  undertaking  was  completed  in  1904.  Ultimate  cost,  $60,000,000.  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  the 
terminal  for  all  lines.  Manhattan  western  section  runs  to  Kingsbridge,  eastern  to  Bronx  Park.  Brooklyn  tunnel  extends  under  Broadway  to  South  Ferry, 
thence  under  East  River  to  Atlantic  and  Flatbush  Avenues.  Manhattan  and  Bronx  lines  reach  Yonkers  and  Williamsbridge.  Various  branches  and  loop-lines 
connect  sections. 


Manhattan  Life  Building. 
MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  BUILDING.    66  Broadway, 
near  Exchange  Place.    One  of  the  tallest  buildings  in  the  city,  having  23  stories, 
and  towering  361  feet  high.    Very  striking  and  ornate  design.     Home  of  the  Man- 
hattan Life  Insurance  Company,  organized  1850. 


Standard  Oil  Building. 
STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY  BUILDING.  Located  at  26  Broadway,  near 
Bowling  Green.  This  structure  has  acquired  fame  as  the  headquarters  of  the 
gigantic  trust  which  controls  the  petroleum  industry  of  the  world.  The  building 
is  entirely  occupied  by  the  parent  company  or  sub-companies  which  either  produce, 
refine  or  transport  oil  or  by-products. 


BROADWAY  FROM  CHAMBERS  STREET.  The  great  avenue  of  New 
York's  business  life.  No  other  street  in  America  can  show  such  activity,  such  a 
variety  of  architecture,  such  throngs  of  people.  The  surface  cars  follow  each 
other  in  a  never-ending  procession.  Broadway  starts  at  Bowling  Green  and 
extends  to  Yonkers,  a  distance  of  14  miles. 


WALL  STREET.  The  money  center  of  America,  the  target  of  political  tirades, 
the  text  for  many  a  sermon.  Fortunes  made  or  lost  every  hour  of  the  business 
day.  In  the  center  of  the  view  is  Trinity  Church,  at  which  point  Wall  Street 
begins,  extending  to  the  East  River.  The  low  building  at  the  right  is  the  U.  S. 
Sub-treasury;  the  skyscraper  beyond,  the  Gillender  Building. 


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CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE.  North  side  of  Liberty  Street,  corner  of  Liberty 
Place.  Here  is  located  the  oldest  commercial  corporation  in  the  United  States, 
having  been  organized  1768.  The  building,  of  white  Vermont  marble  with  a 
granite  base,  was  erected  in  1902  and  cost  over  $1,500,000.  The  main  hall  is 
90x60  feet. 


HALL  OF  RECORDS.  Chambers,  Reade  and  Center  Streets.  A  splendid  fire- 
proof structure  built  of  steel  and  Maine  granite,  for  the  safe-keeping  of  real  estate 
deeds,  mortgages,  etc.,  of  Manhattan  Borough,  also  for  Surrogates'  Courts  and 
City  Offices.    Erected  1904,  and  cost  $5,000,000. 


PARK  ROW  ENTRANCE  TO  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE  during  the  rush  hours  offers  a  scene  unequalled  anywhere.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  human  beings 
crush  and  struggle  in  the  general  mix-up  of  vehicles  and  trolley-cars,  striving  to  board  a  home  conveyance.  The  daily  rush  has  been  relieved  to  some  extent  since 
the  opening  of  the  Willamsburg  and  Blackwell's  Island  bridges,  and  will  grow  still  less  strenuous  when  the  Manhattan  bridge,  now  in  process  of  erection,  is 
completed.    At  the  right  in  the  view  is  the  entrance  to  the  tall  Pulitzer  Building,  the  home  of  the  great  newspaper,  "The  New  York  World." 


U.  S.  CUSTOM  HOUSE,  Bowling  Green,  foot  of  Broadway.  Occupies  an  entire  block,  and  was  completed  in  1907  at  a  cost  of  $7,200,000.  This  beautiful 
structure  is  the  finest  customs  building  in  the  world.  Doric  colonnades  give  a  superb  air  of  stateliness  to  the  walls,  and  the  cornice  is  embellished  with  statues 
emblematic  of  the  great  commercial  nations.  Larger  groups  representing  the  continents,  America,  Europe.  Africa,  and  Asia,  by  Daniel  C.  French,  flank  either 
side  of  the  main  entrance.    A  cartouche  emblematic  of  the  American  Nation,  by  Carl  Bitter,  is  the  crowning  feature  of  the  facade.    Cass  Gilbert,  Architect. 


THE  BOWERY.  A  thoroughfare  of  world-wide  fame.  It  derived  its  name  from  the  "bouweries"  or  farms  between  which  it  ran  during  the  old  Dutch  days. 
In  later  years  the  lower  end  grew  to  be  a  series  of  dives,  saloons,  shows,  etc.,  and  became  the  favorite  resort  of  a  tough  element.  Here  the  peculiar  type  of  swag- 
gering ruffian,  "the  Bowery  Boy",  was  developed.  The  street  has  lost  much  of  its  former  bad  repute,  and  the  "boy"  has  disappeared.  The  milder  young  toughs 
of  today  are  in  turn  giving  way  to  the  frugal  and  good-natured  German  and  Jew.  Better  shops  are  being  opened  year  by  year.  The  Bowery  now  boasts  the 
largest  savings  bank  in  the  world. 


LOOKING  NORTH  FROM  23d  STREET.  View  looking  up  Broadway  to  the  left  and  5th  Avenue  to  the  right  from  the  Flat  Iron  Building  at  23d  Street.  Less 
than  half  a  century  ago  this  was  largely  a  country  district.  The  Times  Building  towers  at  the  distant  curve  of  Broadway  almost  obscured  by  the  nearer  huge  bulk 
of  the  Hoffman  House.  The  Waldorf  shows  prominently  in  the  middle  distance  of  5th  Avenue.  This  view  includes  the  busiest  hotel  and  shopping  district  of  the 
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THE  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE.  Stretches  from  opposite  City  Hall  Park  to  Fulton  and  Sand  Streets,  Brooklyn.  This  magnificent  bridge  was  begun  in  1870  and 
opened  to  the  public  in  1883.  Cost  $21,000,000.  It  consists  of  a  central  river  span  1,595  feet  long  and  two  land  spans,  with  a  total  length  between  terminals  of 
7,680  feet.  The  bridgeway  carries  two  cable  and  two  trolley  car  tracks,  two  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  4,000  cars  and  2,000  vehicles  pass  east  and  west  every 
day.    The  average  number  of  passengers  in  twenty-four  hours  is  300,000.    It  is  estimated  that  about  5,000,000,000  people  have  used  this  bridge  since  its  opening. 


BLACKWELL'S  ISLAND  BRIDGE.  This  splendid  example  of  cantilever  bridge  construction  spans  the  East  River  from  East  59th  Street  and  2d  Avenue  to 
Jane  and  Academy  Streets,  Long  Island  City.  The  bridge  is  supported  by  six  masonry  piers  with  a  clear  height  over  channels  of  135  feet.  Longest  span  1182 
feet.  The  entire  structure  is  nearly  7700  feet  in  length — the  longest  bridge  spanning  the  East  River.  It  is  provided  with  a  roadway  53  feet  wide,  4  trolley  lines,  2 
railroad  tracks  and  2  promenades.    The  bridge  was  completed  in  1908  at  a  cost  of  over  $25,000,000. 


BROADWAY  AT  32d  STREET.  At  no  other  point  in  the  city  except  perhaps  at  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  street  traffic  so  congested  from  time  to 
time  as  at  this  busy  corner.  Surface  cars  moving  in  rapid  succession  on  both  Broadway  and  Sixth  Avenue  and  the  vast  army  of  pedestrians  and  vehicles  make 
this  one  of  the  most  difficult  crossings  in  New  York.  The  view  shows  a  station  of  the  elevated  road  with  entrances  and  exits  and  separate  platforms  for  "up-town" 
and  "down-town"  trains.    The  elevated  roads  are  now  operated  by  electricity  and  consists  of  four  main  double-track  lines  and  a  few  short  branches. 


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IMMIGRANT  STATION.  These  fine  buildings  of  brick,  stone  and  terra  cotta  are  located  on  Ellis  Island,  a  small  island  between  the  Liberty  Statue  and  the 
Communipaw  shore.  Here  thousands  of  immigrants  are  received  daily  and  passed  into  the  United  States.  All  steerage  passengers  are  transferred  from  the  steamers 
in  which  they  arrive,  and  before  they  can  land,  must  be  examined  as  to  their  eligibility  as  citizens  and  be  fully  recorded.  The  Government  never  ceases  to  protect 
the  immigrant  until  he  is  prepared  to  face  the  new  conditions.  Over  11,000,000  immigrants  have  entered  the  port  of  New  York  since  1880,  and  the  annual  average 
is  about  600,000. 


THE  NORTH  RIVER.  The  name  applied  to  the  Hudson  where  it  flows  between  the  city  and  the  Jersey  shore.  The  available  North  River  water  front  of  New 
York  is  estimated  to  be  about  13  miles.  Below  43d  Street  on  the  New  York  side  the  shore  is  lined  with  great  steamboat  docks  and  warehouses,  and  ferry  slips. 
The  Jersey  City  and  Hoboken  side  is  equally  crowded.  Many  of  the  famous  translantic  lines  have  docks  on  the  Jersey  shore.  The  amount  of  daily  traffic  on  these 
waters  is  enormous.  Big  liners,  tugs,  ferries,  and  canal  boats  are  continually  passing.  The  great  freight  and  passenger  ferries  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  which 
has  a  terminal  in  Jersey  City,  are  a  noticeable  feature  of  every  day  life  on  the  river. 


THE  NEW  YORK  HIPPODROME,  6th  Avenue,  43d  to  44th  Streets.  The  largest  and  most  completely  equipped  playhouse  in  the  world,  having  a  seating  capacity 
for  5,200  people.  The  enormous  stage  is  capable  of  accommodating  an  army  of  performers.  Beneath  the  apron  of  the  stage  is  a  concrete  and  steel  tank,  hence 
the  entire  front  may  be  converted  into  a  lake  of  real  water  for  aquatic  representations  of  every  kind.  The  productions  exhibited  here  are  unparalleled  for  mag- 
nificence and  grandeur,  and  the  cost  of  the  preparatory  work  of  any  undertaking  runs  into  thousands.  Nearly  two  millions  of  people  have  entered  this  great  theatre 
since  its  opening. 


THE  HOTEL  ASTOR.  Long  Acre  Square  and  44th  Street.  Erected  in  1904  by  William  Waldorf  Astor.  One  of  the  most  sumptuous  hotels  in  the  world. 
Built  of  absolutely  fire-proof  materials,  contains  six  hundred  guest  rooms,  large  restaurants,  grill  room,  palm  garden,  roof  garden,  etc.  Great  banquet  halls,  ball 
room  and  private  dining  rooms  occupy  an  entire  floor.    One  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York  to  visit  is  the  wine  cellar  of  Hotel  Astor. 


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NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  6th  Avenue  and  40th  to  42d  Streets.  A  notable  structure,  built  of  pure  white  marble,  ranking  in  architectural  design  and  in 
capacity  with  the  few  leading  library  buildings  of  the  world.  Here  is  room  for  four  millions  of  volumes,  stacked  according  to  the  most  approved  methods  of 
library  storage.  Circulates  over  five  million  volumes  annually.  The  New  York  Public  Library  is  a  successor  to  the  Astor  (1848),  the  Lenox  (1870)  and  Tilden 
(1877)  foundations  which  were  consolidated  in  1895.    The  area  covered  by  the  building  is  approximately  450x300  feet.    Carrere  &  Hastings,  architects. 


GRACE  CHURCH  (EPISCOPAL)  Broadway  and  10th  Street,  was  erected  in  ST.  PATRICK'S  CATHEDRAL  (ROMAN  CATHOLIC)  5th  Avenue,  50th  and 

1845.     It  is  built  of  white  limestone  in  Gothic  style  and  is  one  of  the  finest  church  51st   Streets,   is  the  most  beautiful   church  edifice  in  America,  and  ranks  with 

edifices  in  the  city.    The  spire  is  particularly  graceful  and  contains  a  melodious  famous  cathedrals  in  foreign  lands.    It  is  built  of  white  marble.    The  structure 

chime  of  bells.    A  rectory,  harmonious  in  design,  adjoins  the  church.  alone  cost  $2,000,000. 


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THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  FINE  ARTS  is  on  the  5th  Avenue  side  of  Central  Park  at  79th  Street.  The  view  here  shown  is  of  the  newer  east 
wing  erected  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000.  The  museum  contains  the  finest  collection  of  paintings,  statuary  and  antiques  in  America.  On  Sunday,  the  building  is 
crowded  with  sightseers.  Ten  thousand  persons  frequently  pass  through  the  turnstiles  in  the  four  hours  allotted  to  the  "free"  public.  No  art  museum  in  the 
world,  possibly  excepting  the  Louvre,  has  surroundings  so  harmonious.  The  Park  on  one  side  and  the  palaces  of  5th  Avenue  on  the  other  are  fitting  environment 
for  this  unequalled  collection  of  art  treasures. 


TRINITY  CHURCH,  Broadway  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street.  The  present 
structure  is  of  brown  sandstone  in  Gothic  style  and  was  completed  in  1847.  The 
church  society  is  the  richest  in  America,  and  maintains  besides  the  parent  church, 
eight  chapels,  schools,  a  dispensary  hospital,  and  a  long  list  of  charitable  enter- 
prises. 


TRINITY  CHURCH  INTERIOR.  The  bronze  doors  which  adorn  the  entrance 
were  given  by  William  Waldorf  Astor  in  memory  of  his  father,  John  Jacob  Astor. 
The  altar  and  reredos  were  presented  by  John  Jacob  Astor  and  William  Astor  in 
memory  of  their  father,  William  Astor.    The  reredos  alone  cost  $100,000. 


THE  COLUMBUS  STATUE  stands  at  the  entrance  to  Central  Park  at  59th 
Street  and  8th  Avenue.  It  was  made  in  Italy  and  erected  to  commemorate  the 
400th  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  American  continent. 


THE  OBELISK  was  presented  to  the  city  by  the  late  Khedive  of  Egypt  in  1877. 
It  is  sixth  in  size  of  the  famous  Egyptian  obelisks.  The  entire  expense  of  its 
removal  and  erection  on  its  present  site  near  the  Metropolitan  Museum  was  borne 
by  the  late  William  H.  Vanderbilt. 


THE  BARTHOLDI  STATUE  stands  upon  Bedloe's  Island,  almost  two  miles 
southeast  of  the  Battery.  This  colossal  figure,  representing  Liberty  Enlightening 
the  World,  was  presented  to  the  people  of  America  by  the  great  French  sculptor, 
Auguste  Bartholdi.    It  was  erected  in  1883.    The  torch  is  306  feet  above  the  sea. 


THE  SOLDIERS'  AND  SAILORS'  MONUMENT.  At  89th  Street  stands  a 
pure  white  marble  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  citizens  of  New  York 
who  took  part  in  the  Civil  war.  It  is  a  circular  structure  with  a  peristyle  of 
twelve  Corinthian  columns,  35  feet  high.  Built  by  the  city  at  a  cost  of  $250,000, 
in  1902. 


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THE  STATUE  OF  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  by  Conradst,  is  of  granite,  and  is  located  near  the  Art  Museum  in  Central  Park. 

THE  COLOSSAL  STATUE  OF  WASHINGTON,  by  J.  Q.  A.  Ward,  stands  at  the  entrance  to  the  Sub-treasury,  formerly  the  City  Hall,  on  the  exact  spot 
where  Washington  took  the  oath  of  office  in  1789. 

THE  BRONZE  STATUE  OF  PETER  COOPER  was  designed  by  St.  Gaudens,  who  was  himself  once  a  pupil  at  the  Cooper  Union  in  front  of  which  the  statue 
stands. 

THE  BRONZE  STATUE  OF  NATHAN  HALE,  by  MacMonnies,  is  located  in  City  Hall  Park  near  the  spot  where  Hale  was  hanged  as  a  spy  by  the  British 
during  the  Revolutionary  War. 


THE  MILLIONAIRES  OF  NEW  YORK  have  contributed  much  toward  beautifying  the  city  by  the  erection  of  many  magnificent  residences.  No  city  in  the 
world  can  boast  so  many  private  palaces.  They  comprise  all  classes  of  architecture,  utilizing  the  most  substantial  and  costly  building  material.  While  the  exteriors 
are  frequently  ornate  and  elaborate,  the  interior  furnishings  and  decorations  are  luxurious  in  the  extreme. 


Copyright,  Irving  Underhill,  N.  Y. 


RESIDENCE  OF  CHAS.  M.  SCHWAB.  This  magnificent  architectural  pile 
occupies  a  commanding  position  on  Riverside  Drive.  It  is  unique  because  of  the 
extent  of  lawn.  Most  New  York  houses,  even  those  of  the  millionaires,  are 
crowded  together  with  little  or  no  open  land  about  them.  But  this  residence 
occupies  an  entire  square  and  is  said  to  have  cost  five  million  dollars. 


CARNEGIE  HOUSE.  Fifth  Avenue,  81st  to  92nd  Streets.  Presented  by 
Andrew  Carnegie,  the  famous  steel  manufacturer  and  philanthropist,  to  his  daugh- 
ter, Margaret  Carnegie,  as  a  birthday  gift.  The  house  is  said  to  have  cost  three 
million  dollars.    It  contains  nearly  one  hundred  rooms  decorated  in  lavish  style. 


J.  P.  MORGAN'S  RESIDENCE  AND  LIBRARY,  Madison  Avenue  and  36th  Street.  The  home  and  private  library  of  the  great  American  master-financier. 
The  residence  is  architecturally  plain,  but  the  library,  built  of  Tennessee  marble  in  Italian  Renaissance  style,  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  structures  in  New  York. 
Here  are  housed  Mr.  Morgan's  collection  of  priceless  manuscripts  and  rare  editions.  The  building  has  figured  in  the  financial  history  of  the  country,  for  it  was 
here  the  famous  day  and  night  conferences  were  held  in  October,  1907,  which  resulted  in  averting  a  world-wide  panic. 


COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY,  Morningside  Heights,  Broadway  and  Amsterdam  Avenue,  116th  to  120th  Streets.  New  York's  foremost  educational  institution 
founded  as  "King's  College"  in  1754,  now  occupies  fifteen  college  buildings  covering  18  acres.  The  central  structure  is  the  Low  Memorial  Library,  erected  by 
Seth  Low  in  memory  of  his  father.  Cost  $1,000,000.  It  contains  350,000  volumes.  Other  buildings  are  the  University  Hall,  Schermerhorn  Hall  (biology)  Have- 
meyer  Hall  (chemistry),  the  Physics  Building,  Earl,  South  and  Fayerweather  Halls,  and  the  Engineering  Building,  containing  the  machinery  needed  in  practical 
instruction. 


Copyright,  Irving  Underhill,  N.  Y. 


THE  SPEEDWAY  AND  WASHINGTON  BRIDGE.  This  well-constructed  roadway  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Harlem  River  was  built  exclusively  for  the 
speeding  of  horses  in  light  harness.  It  cost  $*,000,000,  was  four  years  in  building,  and  is  four  miles  long.  Here  speed  trials  are  made  every  afternoon.  The 
Washington  Bridge  crosses  the  Harlem  River  at  181st  Street.    It  is  a  steel,  iron  and  granite  structure,  costing  $3,000,000,  and  is  2,384  feet  long. 


GRANT'S  TOMB.  Claremont  Heights,  Riverside  Drive,  near  123d  Street.  This  beautiful  edifice,  one  of  the  largest  monuments  in  the  world,  is  150  feet  high 
and  covers  an  area  of  10,000  square  feet,  and  is  built  of  Maine  white  granite.  The  cost,  $600,000,  was  raised  by  the  Grant  Monument  Association  by  voluntary 
contributions  from  over  90,000  people.  The  memorial  was  dedicated  by  President  McKinley  in  1897.  Over  the  portico  are  statues  "Peace"  and  "Victory"  by 
J.  Massey  Rhind.    The  remains  of  the  great  soldier  and  his  wife  lie  in  two  red  porphyry  sarcophagi  in  a  crypt  under  the  dome. 


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